Rolling window-screen



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4N.52.,660.- Patented Ju1y10,1a94.

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EDWIN G'H-STIN'GS.' 0F Dus MOINES, IowA.

ROLLING wi'N Dow-SCREEN. 1

sPEcIrI'cArIoN forming perfor Letters Patent-N0. see'eogata lruly 10,1894'. g

Application filed January 5,18%; SerialNo. 495,883. -(N InodelJ T @ZZ whom'a't'may concern.' n

Be it known that I, EDWIN G.' HAsTINGs, a

citizen of theUnited States vof America,` resid-- ing at Des Moines, inthe county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented an ImprovedY Rolling VV1ndow'-Screen, lof .which the following isa specilication. j

The object of my invention is to provide an improved rolling window screen adapted to be attached to the sliding sash of a window by means of brackets constructed so as to admit journals on the ends of said rollers and permit the screen or netting on said rollers'to completely overlap the parting stop fixed to the window frame andv to provide a strip at the top of the lower sash adapted to close the space between the sash and 'roller and capa? ble of having its central portion removedto permit insects on said screen side of the window. f y

To this end my-invention4 consists in details to escape outl ,in the construction of the brackets for sup- ,KSO

porting the rollers'in the device for closing the space between the rollers and the sashesy and in certain other details of construction of parts as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of the roller. Fig. 2 a detail perspective view l of a portion of a window frame and a top Ysash therein, showing the device for securingfthe. roller to the sash. Fig. 3 is a transverse sec. tional view of the top portion of a window frame with the'top sash therein and a roller attached thereto andthe screen covering the space between the sash and frame. Fig. 4 is a like View of the bottom of a window frame ,and lower sash showing a roller connected ping the bracket.

Referring to the accompanying drawings the reference letter A is used to designate a window frame of the ordinary kind and Ai an upper sliding sash therein and AB a lower sliding sash, A4 being a parting stop between the said sashes. Brackets B are secured to the opposite' sides ofthe-inner face of,` the uplper sash to supportth'e roller as'follows: B2 is asupporting'stop secured to the said sash and of a thickness' corresponding to that of theparting stop and' the bracket B overlaps this stop and is secured to' the window sash extended outwardly to thel window frame overlapping the parting strip', bent from thence parallel with the window frame a sufcient distance to allow'the roller to clear the window sash and is then bent inwardly a short distance and again parallel with the window frame and provided with an angular opening B3 adapted to admit a roller, a like bracket is on each side 'of the sash. It will yand the central 'portion made 4detachable by being cut ina bevel at C so that said central portion maybe removed to allow flies and other insects on the window to escape to the outside atmosphere.

The roller proper designated by the letter D is composed of a hollow wooden roller having a round projection D2 at one end. D3 is a wooden rod within said roller. wedge-shaped device with a rounded innerI end adapted to be placed in a bore in the end of the said rod to allow the rod to rotate relative thereto, and F is a device to be placed in the other end of the rod having a flat part adapted tol enter a cut in said rod, which may be made by sawing, and the outer end of said part F is angular to enter oneof the brackets B. F2 is arcoil spring wound upon said rod and havin gits ends passed through the parts D4 and F. Thusa simple, cheap and easily constructed roller is provided that will automatically roll and unroll as the window-sash is moved. Y j Y H designates a sheet metal strip fastened to the end of the screen H2 andV having inward projections at its ends adapted to be D4 isa hat roo of this device is found in Fig. 5 and consists of a wire I bent at its ends to pass beneath the parting stop, and adapted to have the lower end of the screen 112 attached toits central portion. 4

The upper screen is secured to the top of the window frame by means of a straight wire J' xed in the screen and adapted to rest upon the hooks .I2 driven in the top parting stop. as shown in Fig. 3. Either of said methods of attaching the screen may be used interchangeably although preferably used as shown.

In practical use it will be obvious that the rollers with the screens wound thereupon may be easilyand quickly inserted in the brackets secured to the window sash. The ends of the screens may be connected with the window frame in the manner shown and wh en the sashes are moved relative to the frame the screens will automatically cover the space between the sashes and frame and will automatically roll up when the sashes are closed and by reason of the peculiar formation of the brackets for supporting the rollers, the edges of the screen will overlap the parting stop and lie close to the sides of the window frame and thereby securely c lose the space between the window frame and the screen.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, 1s-

1. The combination with a window frame having a sliding sash therein and two stops or guides proj ect-ing inwardly from the frame to engage the edges of the sash, of two brackets adapted to be attached to the sliding sash, bent outwardly therefrom to overlap the sides of said stops or guides, bent from thence parallel with the window frame then inwardly a shortdistance and then at right angles and brackets and a roll of screen netting wound upon said roller to project beyond the ends of the roller and overlap the said stops and adapted to he attached to the window frame substantially as, and for the purposes, stated.

2. In combination with a rolling window screen, a strip secured to the top of a sliding sash, a roll of screening secured to the said sash and in close engagement with said strip, and beveled cuts in said strip, near its ends, whereby its central portion may be removed or heldin position against downward or out ward pressure, for the purposes stated.

3. An improved rolling window screen comprising the following elements in combination, to wit, a window frame A, sashes A2, and A3 therein, the parting stop A4 between them, a strip B2 secured to the top sash and having the removable central portion, as set forth, brackets B secured to said strip, and having the notches B2 in their ends, the hollow wooden roller D having the projection D2 at one end, the wooden rod D3 in said roller the devices D4 and F arranged as shown, the coil spring F2 wound around said rod and attached to the parts D4 and F, and means for securing the end of the screen to the top of the window frame, a like roll of screening attached to the outer lower sash in a similar manner and the strip secured to the lower end of the netting and adapted to be slipped under the parting stop, all substantially as, and for the purposes, stated.

EDW'IN G. lIAS'lINGS.

Vitnesses:

J. C. SWEET, J. RALPH ORWIG. 

